Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Hohl Verbödet Version Auction (Zivil Verdienstorden Ritterkreuz 2

(Zivil Verdienstorden Ritterkreuz 2

on loop for suspension from period original home service bow-tie ribbon with horizontal pinback

Footnote: Frank Stanley Patterson was born on December 13

92mm (l) x 18

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Silver Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Hohl Verbödet Version Auction (Zivil Verdienstorden Ritterkreuz 2(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 49 mm (w) x 43. 78 mm (h), weighing 24. 7